US Patent Issued to UPM-KYMMENE, GREEN INNOVATION on April 15 for "Organic-inorganic hybrid material comprising a metal and lignin, processes for preparing the same and uses thereof" (Finnish, Italian, Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,850, issued on April 15, was assigned to UPM-KYMMENE Corp. (Helsinki) and GREEN INNOVATION GMBH (Innsbruck, Austria).

"Organic-inorganic hybrid material comprising a metal and lignin, processes for preparing the same and uses thereof" was invented by Giuliano Leonardi (Innsbruck, Austria), Suvi Pietarinen (Helsinki), Christian Hubsch (Helsinki), Mauro Carcelli (Parma, Italy), Paolo Pelagatti (Parma, Italy), Dominga Rogolino (Parma, Italy) and Valentina Sinisi (Parma, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An organic-inorganic hybrid material is disclosed comprising a metal compound and a lignin fraction, as well as processes for prepari...